My Chemical Romance, Smashing Pumpkins announced for Riot Fest 2021

This year’s installment of Riot Fest has been postponed, but this didn’t stop organizers from unveiling the first string of acts for next year’s event.

Revealed today, The Smashing Pumpkins, Run The Jewels, and The Pixies will headline the event, which takes place from September 16 through September 19, 2021 at Chicago’s Douglas Park. September 16 (Preview Night) will feature secret sets from bands that will be only be available that day. Other bands set to perform include Fever 333, The Sounds, Circle Jerks, and Sublime With Rome. My Chemical Romance, who were slated to headline this year, will still perform at the 2021 installment.

You can check out the first wave announcement below. More acts will be released leading up to the event.

If you purchased tickets for the 2020 installment of Riot Fest, you can use them for next year or request a refund or transfer them to a friend here. Refunds/transfers are only available until July 16, 2020. Tickets for Riot Fest 2021 are available here. Entry into the Preview Night is only available for those keeping tickets for next year or folks buying tickets by July 16, 2020.

Riot Fest - First wave announcement

My Chemical Romance

The Smashing Pumpkins

Run the Jewels

The Pixies

Coheed and Cambria

Taking Back Sunday

Sublime with Rome

Dirty Heads

Lupe Fiasco performing The Cool

Vic Mensa

The All-American Rejects

New Found Glory

Simple Plan

Gogol Bordello

Circle Jerks

Thrice

Circa Survive

K.Flay

Toots and the Maytals

Jawbox

Les Savy Fav

Best Coast

Bayside

L7

Meg Myers

PUP

Mayday Parade

FEVER 333

Living Colour

Big Freedia

SWMRS

Beach Bunny

Alex G

Thursday

Saves the Day

Don Broco

Joywave

Hepcat

Fishbone

Fucked Up

Boston Manor

The Sounds

White Lung

KennyHoopla

Beach Goons

Meet Me @ the Altar

Radkey

Holy Fawn

Chubby and the Gang

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Coheed and Cambria to perform 'No World For Tomorrow' on Neverender 2020 tour

Coheed and Cambria are bringing their popular Neverender tour back this year, and they’re celebrating their 2007 studio album Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume II: No World For Tomorrow.

Announced today, the band’s North American tour kicks off on May 5 inside Austin’s ACL Live at the Moody Theater. The spring portion of the tour will conclude at Las Vegas’ Brooklyn Bowl on May 31. Coheed and Cambria will revive the tour starting on August 30. Chon, who will be promoting their recent self-titled album, will join the band as support on most dates.

Tour dates can be seen below. Tickets for this tour will go on sale to the general public this Friday (February 7) at 10 a.m. local time. Pre-sale tickets will go on sale tomorrow (February 5) at 10 a.m. local time.

Upon its release, No World For Tomorrow debuted at number six on the Billboard Top 200 chart, and it was backed by the charting single “The Running Free.” A comic series based on the album will be released later this year on Boom! Studios. Coheed and Cambria’s last studio album was 2018’s Vaxis – Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures.

Coheed and Cambria tour dates

May 05 2020 - ACL Live at the Moody Theater - Austin, TX 

May 06 2020 - The Aztec Theatre - San Antonio, TX 

May 08 2020 - Revention Music Center - Houston, TX 

May 09 2020 - Bomb Factory - Dallas, TX 

May 10 2020 - Diamond Ballroom - Oklahoma City, OK 

May 12 2020 - The Van Buren - Phoenix, AZ 

May 13 2020 - Riverside Municipal Auditorium - Riverside, CA 

May 15 2020 - The Wiltern - Los Angeles, CA 

May 16 2020 - Fox Theater - Oakland, CA 

May 17 2020 - Redding Civic Auditorium - Redding, CA 

May 19 2020 - Showbox SoDo - Seattle, WA 

May 20 2020 - Roseland Theater - Portland, OR 

May 21 2020 - The Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC, Canada

May 23 2020 - The Palace Theatre - Calgary, AB, Canada

May 24 2020 - Knitting Factory Concert House - Spokane, WA 

May 25 2020 - The Wilma - Missoula, MT 

May 27 2020 - Knitting Factory Concert House - Boise, ID 

May 28 2020 - The Union Event Center - Salt Lake City, UT 

May 29 2020 - The Mission Ballroom - Denver, CO 

May 31 2020 – Brooklyn Bowl – Las Vegas, NV 

Aug 30 2020 - Royal Oak Theatre - Royal Oak, MI 

Sep 01 2020 - The Pageant - Saint Louis, MO 

Sep 02 2020 - Uptown Theater - Kansas City, MO 

Sep 04 2020 - Harrah's Council Bluffs - Stir Concert Cove - Council Bluffs, IA 

Sep 05 2020 - Palace Theatre - Saint Paul, MN 

Sep 06 2020 - The Sylvee - Madison, WI 

Sep 08 2020 - Agora Theatre - Cleveland, OH 

Sep 09 2020 - Sweetwater Performance Pavilion - Fort Wayne, IN 

Sep 15 2020 - The Anthem - Washington, DC 

Sep 16 2020 - The Rooftop at Pier 17 - New York, NY

Sep 19 2020  - The Palladium Outdoors - Worcester, MA

Sep 20 2020 - The Metropolitan Opera House  - Philadelphia, PA 

Sep 22 2020 - The Norva - Norfolk, VA 

Sep 23 2020 - The Orange Peel – Outdoor Stage - Asheville, NC 

Sep 25 2020 - Coca-Cola Roxy - Atlanta, GA 

Sep 26 2020 - The Fillmore at Harrah's New Orleans - New Orleans, LA 

Sep 27 2020 - Marathon Music Works - Nashville, TN 

Sep 29 2020 - Florida Theatre - Jacksonville, FL 

Sep 30 2020 - Hard Rock Live Orlando - Orlando, FL 

Oct 02 2020 - The Fillmore Miami Beach at The Jackie Gleason Center - Miami Beach, FL 

Oct 03 2020 - Jannus Live - Saint Petersburg, FL

Coheed and Cambria announce fall tour with The Contortionist and Astronoid

Fresh off their summer tour with Mastodon, Coheed and Cambria will hit up areas untouched on the trek this fall.

Announced today, Coheed and Cambria will embark on a six date headlining tour through Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida. Joining them on the trek are The Contortionist, who are promoting their new EP Our Bones, and Astronoid, who are plugging their latest self-titled album.

Tickets will go on sale this Friday (August 16) at 10 a.m. local time.

Coheed and Cambria are promoting their latest studio album Vaxis – Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures. Last month, the band released an acoustic version of their single “The Gutter”.

Coheed and Cambria tour dates

October 11 - Charlottesville, VA - Jefferson Theater (Astronoid only)

October 14 - Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore

October 15 - Raleigh, NC - The Ritz

October 17 - Fort Lauderdale, FL – Revolution

October 18 - Saint Petersburg, FL - Mahaffey Theater

October 19 - Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues